3 ms·
Ok, I wasn't counting holidays for my time off, only vacation days, so the difference is still the same. I didn't earn 100k a year right out of college, your t
by jshen 16y ago
Ok, I wasn't counting holidays for my time off, only vacation days, so the difference is still the same.
I didn't earn 100k a year right out of college, your trying to change the facts of the comparison.
"And yes, most programmers pay is related to their performance."
It really isn't, it's based primarily on years of experience, who you know, and how outspokenly confident you are (regardless of whether the confidence is deserved). Every company I've ever been at has had programmers there were twice as productive as other programmers. They never got paid twice as much, and there was no correlation at all really, even it it isn't linear.
Every programmer I know with 5-10 years experience gets a salary within a narrow range.
"If they suck, they get fired (a concept teachers may find somewhat foreign)."
No they don't. I get the distinct impression that you have an ideal in your head that isn't remotely close to the reality. If you are at a company of any size it's very hard to fire someone.
Just curious, how old are you?
- yummyfajitas 16y agoI'm not counting holidays, I'm counting week long periods where NYC teachers don't have to work. Do you get spring break and a week long Christmas vacation at your job? I got the number $100k from you: a teacher makes $40k, and when one takes a job as a teacher, "an extra 5 weeks of vacation is traded for a loss of 60k of money". Then I used fancy mathematics. As for programmer pay, I'll just tell you the range from the last time I looked for a job. My lowest offer [1] was about 40% of my highest offer, but they weren't seeking great developers. I also happen to know of someone considerably better than me making 50% more (at the same level of experience). As for firing the incompetent, I don't know what company you are talking about. Plenty of people get fired. In NYC, until very recently, they were paid to show up to rubber rooms for years. [1] Not technically an offer, but salary was discussed.